The Trabant Project 2002-2006, From An East German Trabant to a US El Camino

Published by Onestar Press/Galerie Laurent Godin.

This instantly collectible limited edition artist's book, featuring rounded edges and nine blown-in, four-color photographic images, documents a recent project by the daring and witty young American artist, Liz Cohen. In 2002, the artist began the process of importing the Trabant, once the most common car in East Germany, to the United States. Upon their arrival, Cohen set to work converting these Communist-era workhorses into supped-up hybrid American El Caminos. Black-and-white photographs and the artist's notes explain the process, and the glossy, blown-in photographs show the scantily clad, stiletto-shod artist posing in typical calendar-shot, car-model form on top of and alongside her works in progress, sometimes accompanied by the real-life mechanics who helped her to reach her dream.

PUBLISHERONESTAR PRESS/GALERIE LAURENT GODIN

BOOK FORMATHardcover, 8.5 x 11.75 in. / 48 pgs / 9 color / 48 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUSPUB DATE 3/1/2007Out of print

DISTRIBUTIOND.A.P. EXCLUSIVECATALOG: SPRING 2007 p. 154

PRODUCT DETAILSISBN 9782915359190FLAT40LIST PRICE: $39.95 CDN $50.00

AVAILABILITYNot Available

STATUS: Out of print | 4/1/2008

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